March 14, 2013


Services for this coming Sunday, March 17th and The Fifth Sunday of Lent, will be at 8 and 10 am with Coffee hour following the service.


Dialogue sermon last Sunday.
Everyone looks to Kathy and to Kitty Lou below for their contributions.

 Readings for this Sunday:
Isaiah 43:16-21; Psalm 126; Philippians 3:4b-14; John 12:1-8


Easter Flower envelopes are in the pews. We depend on your contributions for our Easter Flowers. Please turn your envelopes in to the office by March 20th. Thank you.


Take a look at the bulletin board in the Parish Hall for reports form Sammie Wakefield as she works with Eleanore's Project in Peru!



The Tuesday Group will be meeting this week (3/19) for families. We’ll gather at 5:00 pm with our box suppers, eat together, then continue our Lenten Bible study and mask-making work.

Two lively discussion groups of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry have taken place, but there is a call for a third group for folks who have not yet been able to take part. Please contact me (Heidi) directly so that we can work out a time. There are two books remaining available for purchase in the office ($14), or ask around to borrow one.





The rector cuts the Simnel Cake, a special cake traditionally prepared for Mothering Sunday, the Fourth Sunday of Lent.

Food for thought and reflection:

Drawing our prayers: Beginning this Sunday there will be “Prayer Card Packets” available on the bulletin tables. They are an invitation to worshippers of all ages to use during the liturgy (or at other times). These visual expressions of your prayers (…intercessions, thanksgivings, hopes, fears… abstract or otherwise) may be offered by putting them in the offering plate, by putting them in the basket by the sacristy door, or purely by offering them from your heart. This is offered as an approach to being attentive to the Spirit and allowing yourself to be in relationship with the Creator. It is NOT about artistic perfection! Perhaps the important part of this prayer is in the drawing – in our opening of ourselves to our deepest longings and feelings. If trying it in church feels to “public,” take a pen and a blank file card and try it at home. If you’d like, we can talk about how some of these prayer expressions might be shared


See you in church!

Blessings, Heidi+


Looking ahead to Holy Week and Easter Services…

                                   

Palm Sunday, March 24

8 and 10 AM: Blessing of the Palms,

            the Passion Narrative & Holy Eucharist 

Wednesday, March 27
9 AM: Morning Prayer
6 PM: Candlelight soup supper followed by Evensong

 Maundy Thursday, March 28
7 PM Liturgy of the Day with foot washing,
Holy Eucharist and the stripping of the altar

Good Friday, March 29
12-2:30 PM: Come and go as needed
            Noon to 2: Meditations on the Seven Last Words
            2:00  Stations of the Cross
7 PM Liturgy of the Day with hymns and
            communion from the reserved sacrament

 Holy Saturday, March 30
8 PM The Great Vigil of Easter, with kindling of the new fire,
            Vigil readings and the First Eucharist of Easter

Easter Sunday, March 31
 8:00  Holy Eucharist Rite I
10:00 Rite II Festival Eucharist with hymns, choir and organ